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... spotted a road that we had driven down when we had been picked up from the bus station just before we left for the Galapagos. We bought bus tickets to Guaranda.

There's no real reason to visit Guaranda, it has a couple of nice villages outside of it apparently, but the town itself isn't on the tourist trail. The reason we stopped there was two fold. Firstly because it was near as dammit 10pm by the time we got there, and secondly, ...

... that this was an important and professional game. We are trying to locate him on the field, but only with a picture of facebook...Fairly complicated. Luckily he had spotted us but when you think about it not too hard : two tourists with caps, shoes and two huge bags! He came to meet us at the end of the match. Arriving home, we met his grandmother very cheerful and generous. All the second floor for us: 3 bedrooms, laundry room and ...

... saw the cuy being cooked on a specially designed rotisserie – there doesn’t look much meat on them, lots of bones and still their massive front teeth in place. Thought $10 was a bit rich more my tastes but considering there were being sold alive at over $5 a pop at the market, that’s less than 100% mark up for skinning, basting and rotating them manually!

... dancing with musical accompaniment. A fine example of the differences between men and women :).

Next: Quito. On the bus ride to the smoggy capital, mishap number 1 occurred. Our friend Marta had her backpack between her feet (with the zipper opening pointed back). Somehow, someone sitting behind her managed to open the backpack, remove two cameras, close the bag, and get off the bus unnoticed. While the cameras didn't have much monetary value, ...

... i think it was something like 14 hour round trip for me, it was one of the hardest things ive done. I knew i gave it my all but i was fuming i didnt make it up because i reckon it all came down to my technique, so i now want to climb some more mountains and make it to the bloody top. I guess it was an alright first attempt but there's no prize for coming second, no one knows the name of the guy who almost climbed Everest, it really sucks.